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The Bugle: Issue CXVII, December 2015

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Your GA nomination of Christina Marie Williams

The article Christina Marie Williams you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Christina Marie Williams for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gourami Watcher -- Gourami Watcher (talk) 22:42, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXVIII, January 2016

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Gabriel Hall

You might be interested in this article I started. Gabriel Hall is a Filipino adoptee who is on death row in Texas for committing murder. Papers in College Station, Texas; New York City (Pinoy paper), and the Philippines have covered this case. There seems to be a lot of drama in regards to his adopted family but I haven't written about the specifics of that. WhisperToMe (talk) 21:56, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXIX, February 2016

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ping

Hi there RightCow.

WP:APPNOTE says "Editors who have participated in previous discussions on the same topic" can be canvassed.

I have made a number of edits on Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines to remove questionable sources and cut down on editorialised language.

I note that on the page Talk:Territorial disputes in the South China Sea you have expressed concern at questionable sources (political materials published by separatist groups) being used as sources. You may want to see the talk page given the issues are being raised again. -- Callinus (talk) 14:00, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Wik-Ed Women Session #5

Wik-Ed Women Session #5

Dear fellow Wikipedian,

I would like to personally invite you to the March edition of the Wik-Ed Women meetup, which will take place on March 15, from 6-10 in the evening. It will occur at Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, 2245 E Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90021 (downtown LA -- map). The building has a pink top with old signage for American Accessories, Inc. dba Princess Accessories (Photos [PDF]). There is on-site parking in the back, which also has an entrance. If you cannot attend in person, you are more than willing to work remotely, as we appreciate all help that you can provide. Finally, here is a link to the Facebook event, in case you want to invite friends, as we are always looking for new editors to help expand coverage of women on Wikipedia!

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Minor edit to some of your user boxes

Would it be okay if I make a minor edit to several of your user boxes to remove a double redirect? VMS Mosaic (talk) 01:18, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

What changes are being proposed?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:49, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
Changing Temperature (meat) to Doneness in the redirects. VMS Mosaic (talk) 02:24, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
VMS Mosaic, thanks for asking. Sure, seems reasonable.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 06:05, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Stale draft

These userpages [1] [2] came up as stale drafts. If you don't need them you can request deletion. Legacypac (talk) 19:18, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXX, March 2016

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The Bugle: Issue CXXI, April 2016

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Edit Summaries and Asian American edits

I have since to begin to use edit summaries more and find they are very useful. The edits I made to the Asian American article wasn't a joke it was unsourced and I have since use useful sources for my edits. IceBrotherhood (talk) 16:39, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXII, May–June 2016

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Beer discussion

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Beer#Awards which you may wish to participate in. Thank you. --MelanieN (talk) 18:00, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

San Diego Wiknic

Saturday, July 9: San Diego Wiknic

You are invited to the San Diego Wiknic on Saturday, July 9, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Fanuel Street Park, a grassy park on the Mission Bay side of Pacific Beach. Join San Diego-area Wikimedians at the "picnic anyone can edit" as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations being held across the United States.

Visit our event page for full details. Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck. Sign up today!

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The Bugle: Issue CXXIII, July 2016

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Thursday, August 4 San Diego Wiki-Dinner

Join us for an informal San Diego Wiki-Dinner meeting with visiting Wikipedians Rosiestep and Fuzheado, to get to know each other, and to help prepare for WikiConference North America in October 2016! --Pharos (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXIV, August 2016

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A cup of coffee for you!

Thanks for posting notices in all the right places about the upcoming WikiConference. I posted a longer explanation than you had shared. I hope you do not mind.

There is not really any standard for how much information to share. I had the idea to give a little more info. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:03, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXV, September 2016

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Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVI, October 2016

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Incomplete DYK nomination

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The Bugle: Issue CXXVII, November 2016

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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

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Yak Expedition

Possible reliable sources usable for a potential article:

--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:33, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hello, RightCowLeftCoast. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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Mark E. Mitchell

Hello:

The copy edit that you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Mark E. Mitchell has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

You will notice that I archived one of the article’s citations (#1). I suggest that you archive the rest of the article’s URLs as time allows. This ensures that the article's references are available "forever" and that it doesn’t develop “dead links” over time. The site I use is https://archive.org/web/. Simply copy the URL in the citation and paste it in the "Save Page Now" box on the archive.org site and click "save". This creates a copy of the original page and provides you with a new URL to add to the original citation. If you look at the URL I've archived you'll see the syntax. You add the new URL to the end of the original citation like this: |archiveurl=http etc|archivedate=December 3, 2016}}. Not all websites allow archiving - CBS TV news and the NY Times are two I've come across, so there's not much you can do about that unless there is an alternate citation you could use.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:56, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXVIII, December 2016

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Could you help out with this article? A military member created this article not realizing that we have a COI policy. They've backed away from it, but are wondering if someone could polish it up so the tags are no longer necessary?--v/r - TP 18:25, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Haunts from the past

Please see Talk:Associated_Press#Wildly_morphing_quotes. Apparently years ago you accidentally got quotes/comments from one news corporation's blog entry mixed up with another's, attributing to the AP what had actually been stated by ABCNews. Please review each source blog entry. I think I got it right by deleting the misattributed comment, but PR always confuses... Shenme (talk) 04:01, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Challenge the Outcome of Deletion

Hello RightCowLeftCoast,

My username is Mabusaif. I recently re-created a page which you posted for speedy deletion, but which had met the previous requirements commented on by another administrator. I am not extremely well versed in Wikipedia, and am just trying to contribute when possible - but I would contest that the aforementioned page deleted, "Center for American Homeless Veterans," was both accurate, not an orphan (the reason it was deleted before), objective, and meeting all other Wikipedia criteria. I don't log on extremely often, so I never had the opportunity to comment before it was deleted.

Please update me - but I would like the page to be recreated. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mabusaif (talkcontribs) 17:57, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

@Mabusaif: The concern regarding the subject of the article is that it did not appear to pass WP:ORG. Moreover, it went through an WP:AFD. Also, I did my own check on the subject per WP:BEFORE, and came to agree with the consensus of the AFD. There is also a concern about WP:SPA, but that only means that one needs only expand their editing, to get to learn more about editing Wikipedia. Also please see WP:NOTADVOCATE.
The issue is that the subject doesn't appear to pass WP:GNG & WP:ORG. Perhaps it is WP:TOOSOON.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 06:38, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
@RightCowLeftCoast: I understand the concern, and have reviewed the aforementioned links, but I find most of them to regard a conflict of interest (which I do not have - I do not work for, and have not received services from said organization - all I care about is creating a more robust veterans' network). The page to my recollection had over a dozen references, and I would be glad to look for more, and I would advocate (objectively, of course) that it is not too soon to be written on, that there are a plethora of external references, and that this organization has existed for over two decades. I would love to make more edits, and continue posting pages - but I'm not paid and can only delegate a limited amount of time to it, and more importantly, have been bogged down by first trying to rectify this deletion. In any case, I understand your position, and would like to at least request the material for future improvement, per the earlier nomination text, "If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator." Thank you RightCowLC.

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RightCowLeftCoast, I was hoping that you could return to this review and respond to the latest post by the nominator. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:38, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXIX, January 2017

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DYK nomination of Pat Loika

Hello! Your submission of Pat Loika at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:38, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

There has been a new comment from the reviewer. Please stop by at your earliest convenience. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:37, 9 January 2017 (UTC)
And now a new reply to your most recent post. Thanks for returning. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:38, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Ralph Deleon

On 13 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Deleon, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that US President-elect Donald Trump referred to the Ralph Deleon case in a speech about immigration? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ralph Deleon. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Ralph Deleon), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for Jose Esteves

On 14 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jose Esteves, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jose Esteves, the Filipino American mayor of Milpitas, California, is being succeeded by the city's first Vietnamese American mayor, Richard Tran? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jose Esteves. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jose Esteves), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Mark E. Mitchell

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DYK for Pat Loika

On 16 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pat Loika, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that BuzzFeed described Pat Loika as "the closest thing comics has to an Oprah"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pat Loika. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pat Loika), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Mark E. Mitchell

The article Mark E. Mitchell you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Mark E. Mitchell for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 15:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Mark E. Mitchell

The article Mark E. Mitchell you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Mark E. Mitchell for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 02:21, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

February 18 Wikipedia Day event in DTLA

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The Bugle: Issue CXXX, February 2017

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I formally declare edit war.

I formally declare edit war on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans_navbox the Asian country Philippines must be aloud on nav box.

Ipinahahayag ko pormal na isang digmaan ng mga pag-edit para sa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans_navbox. Ang Asian bansa Pilipinas ay dapat na malakas sa nav box.

Iamiyouareyou (talk)

Hoy BTW http://remezcla.com/lists/culture/film-10-reasons-why-latinos-and-filipinos-are-primos/

Iamiyouareyou (talk) 23:50, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXI, March 2017

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DYK for Chris Cate

On 20 March 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chris Cate, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Chris Cate is the first Asian American to serve as a San Diego City Council member in decades? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chris Cate. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Chris Cate), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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